diff --git a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 9bd36eaad..0b3432362 100644
--- a/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/macos/Ghostty.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 				Features/About/About.xib,
 				Features/About/AboutController.swift,
 				Features/About/AboutView.swift,
+				Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift,
 				"Features/App Intents/CloseTerminalIntent.swift",
 				"Features/App Intents/CommandPaletteIntent.swift",
 				"Features/App Intents/Entities/CommandEntity.swift",
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 2e62d033b..e8c56e9d9 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -946,33 +946,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         var appIconName: String? = config.macosIcon.rawValue
 
         switch (config.macosIcon) {
-        case .official:
-            // Discard saved icon name
-            appIconName = nil
-            break
-        case .blueprint:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "BlueprintImage")!
-
-        case .chalkboard:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "ChalkboardImage")!
-
-        case .glass:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "GlassImage")!
-
-        case .holographic:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "HolographicImage")!
-
-        case .microchip:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "MicrochipImage")!
-
-        case .paper:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "PaperImage")!
-
-        case .retro:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "RetroImage")!
-
-        case .xray:
-            appIcon = NSImage(named: "XrayImage")!
+        case let icon where icon.assetName != nil:
+            appIcon = NSImage(named: icon.assetName!)!
 
         case .custom:
             if let userIcon = NSImage(contentsOfFile: config.macosCustomIcon) {
@@ -982,6 +957,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
                 appIcon = nil // Revert back to official icon if invalid location
                 appIconName = nil // Discard saved icon name
             }
+
         case .customStyle:
             // Discard saved icon name
             // if no valid colours were found
@@ -997,6 +973,10 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
             let colorStrings = ([ghostColor] + screenColors).compactMap(\.hexString)
             appIconName = (colorStrings + [config.macosIconFrame.rawValue])
                 .joined(separator: "_")
+
+        default:
+            // Discard saved icon name
+            appIconName = nil
         }
 
         // Only change the icon if it has actually changed from the current one,
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutView.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutView.swift
index 6ed3285ed..967eb16b0 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/About/AboutView.swift
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ struct AboutView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .center) {
-            ghosttyIconImage()
-                .resizable()
-                .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
-                .frame(height: 128)
+            CyclingIconView()
 
             VStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 32) {
                 VStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 8) {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4274278e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/About/CyclingIconView.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import GhosttyKit
+
+/// A view that cycles through Ghostty's official icon variants.
+struct CyclingIconView: View {
+    @State private var currentIcon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon = .official
+    @State private var isHovering: Bool = false
+
+    private let icons: [Ghostty.MacOSIcon] = [
+        .official,
+        .blueprint,
+        .chalkboard,
+        .microchip,
+        .glass,
+        .holographic,
+        .paper,
+        .retro,
+        .xray,
+    ]
+    private let timerPublisher = Timer.publish(every: 3, on: .main, in: .common)
+
+    var body: some View {
+        ZStack {
+            iconView(for: currentIcon)
+                .id(currentIcon)
+        }
+        .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.5), value: currentIcon)
+        .frame(height: 128)
+        .onReceive(timerPublisher.autoconnect()) { _ in
+            if !isHovering {
+                advanceToNextIcon()
+            }
+        }
+        .onHover { hovering in
+            isHovering = hovering
+        }
+        .onTapGesture {
+            advanceToNextIcon()
+        }
+        .help("macos-icon = \(currentIcon.rawValue)")
+        .accessibilityLabel("Ghostty Application Icon")
+        .accessibilityHint("Click to cycle through icon variants")
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private func iconView(for icon: Ghostty.MacOSIcon) -> some View {
+        let iconImage: Image = switch icon.assetName {
+        case let assetName?: Image(assetName)
+        case nil: ghosttyIconImage()
+        }
+
+        iconImage
+            .resizable()
+            .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
+    }
+
+    private func advanceToNextIcon() {
+        let currentIndex = icons.firstIndex(of: currentIcon) ?? 0
+        let nextIndex = icons.indexWrapping(after: currentIndex)
+        currentIcon = icons[nextIndex]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
index aa62c16f7..15cb3a51e 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
@@ -330,6 +330,22 @@ extension Ghostty {
         case xray
         case custom
         case customStyle = "custom-style"
+
+        /// Bundled asset name for built-in icons
+        var assetName: String? {
+            switch self {
+            case .official: return nil
+            case .blueprint: return "BlueprintImage"
+            case .chalkboard: return "ChalkboardImage"
+            case .microchip: return "MicrochipImage"
+            case .glass: return "GlassImage"
+            case .holographic: return "HolographicImage"
+            case .paper: return "PaperImage"
+            case .retro: return "RetroImage"
+            case .xray: return "XrayImage"
+            case .custom, .customStyle: return nil
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// macos-icon-frame